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Webster 1913 Edition

Broaden

Broad′en

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Broadened
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Broadening
.]
[From
Broad
,
Adj.
]
To grow broad; to become broader or wider.
The
broadening
sun appears.
Wordsworth.

Broad′en

,
Verb.
T.
To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive.

Webster 1828 Edition

Broaden

BROADEN

,
Verb.
I.
brawd'n. To grow broad. [Unusual.]

Definition 2024

Broaden

Broaden

See also: broaden

Saterland Frisian

Noun

Broaden m

  1. A roast; roasted meat

broaden

broaden

See also: Broaden

English

Verb

broaden ‎(third-person singular simple present broadens, present participle broadening, simple past and past participle broadened)

  1. (transitive) To make broad or broader.
    Travel broadens the mind.
  2. (intransitive) To become broad or broader.
    The roads gradually broadened as we drove into the countryside.

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Etymology

From Old Frisian *brāde, or possibly from Middle Low German brāde; both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brēdô. More at brawn.

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